Monday, August 27, 2012

I was recently given a couple of skeins of Ice Yarns Frilly, a new novelty yarn that creates a ruffle when you knit or crochet with it.This is a very popular type of yarn these days, and I had been meaning to try it but hadn’t gotten around to it.Thanks to my daughter, Katie, I now had some to play around with.

I had the idea that I’d like to try something a little different with this yarn than the typical scarf pattern one usually sees it used for.Katie had made a beautiful headband with some of hers, but I didn’t want to duplicate what she had done.

As I looked at the yarn (which in its un-knitted state looks like a thick, ½ inch wide braid), I thought that I would like to try using it in tandem with another yarn.I searched my stash and found just the thing…Cascade Eden, a lovely bamboo yarn, in a shade of hot pink that was very close to the darker edge of the Frilly.I reasoned that if I used another yarn for the base of the scarf, the novelty yarn would go farther.

To make the scarf, I began crocheting with the Eden for a few rounds, then worked a slip stitch with the Frilly for a round, working into the darker edge of the braid so the lighter shade was at the outer edge of the ruffle.This worked pretty well, and I believe it used less of the Frilly than working in single crochet would have used.I worked another round in Eden, and then decided to try a different effect on the edge.Working into the light edge of the Frilly this time, I used the Eden to slip stitch the Frilly to each stitch of the scarf, inserting the hook closer than I had on the previous Frilly round.This created a less ruffled look, with the darker shade on the outer edge of the ruffle.

I had enough of the Frilly left that I was able to make a cap with a couple of rounds of Frilly with the remainder of the ball of yarn!

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We specialize in handmade items from original designs in a variety of fiber techniques: knitting, crocheting, weaving, braiding, beading, and felting, just to name a few. We sell our products at small fairs and festivals locally and through our online Etsy shop. We also are beginning to self-publish some of our original patterns, which we sell on Etsy and also on Ravelry.